A Visit to the Monasteries in the Levant
A Visit to the Monasteries in the Levant
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The price I had given was so large that every one of them would have received several pieces of gold each.
But no, they said, it was not that, but for the principles of justice that they contended. They did not want the money, no more did the librarian, but they would not suffer their rules to be outraged or their rights to be tram- pled under foot. In the monasteries of St. Basil all the members of the society had equal rights — they ate in com- Chap. XX. AS TO THE PURCHASE-MONET. 267 mon, the...y prayed in common, everything was bought and sold for the benefit of the community at large. Tears fell from the eyes of some of the particularly virtuous monks ; others stamped upon the ground, and showed a thoroughly rebellious spirit As for me, I kept aloof, waiting to see what might be the result.
The agoumenos, who was evidently a man of superior abilities, calmly endeavoured to explain. He told the un- ruly brethren exactly what the sum was for which he had sold the books, and said that the money was not for his own private use, but to be laid out for the benefit of all, in the same way as the ordinary revenues of the monas- tery, which, he added, would soon prove quite insufficient if so large a portion of them continued to be divided among the individual members.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The price I had given was so large that every one of them would have received several pieces of gold each.
But no, they said, it was not that, but for the principles of justice that they contended. They did not want the money, no more did the librarian, but they would not suffer their rules to be outraged or their rights to be tram- pled under foot. In the monasteries of St. Basil all the members of the society had equal rights — they ate in com- Chap. XX. AS TO THE PURCHASE-MONET. 267 mon, the...y prayed in common, everything was bought and sold for the benefit of the community at large. Tears fell from the eyes of some of the particularly virtuous monks ; others stamped upon the ground, and showed a thoroughly rebellious spirit As for me, I kept aloof, waiting to see what might be the result.
The agoumenos, who was evidently a man of superior abilities, calmly endeavoured to explain. He told the un- ruly brethren exactly what the sum was for which he had sold the books, and said that the money was not for his own private use, but to be laid out for the benefit of all, in the same way as the ordinary revenues of the monas- tery, which, he added, would soon prove quite insufficient if so large a portion of them continued to be divided among the individual members.
What to read after A Visit to the Monasteries in the Levant?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Robert Curzon to read onlineMoreLess
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